Manifolding-book.



WITNESSEfi J. KITCHEN, Jn. MANIFOLDING BOOK. Anuoumfi rum) JULY 20, 190B.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

INVENTOR Jch-n Ktiohem, Jfi

JOHN lxIlUllltlN, .lle, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

MANIFOLDING-B 00K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Application filed July 20, 1908. Serial No. 444,360.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JouN Krronnn, Jr., citizen of the United States, residing at the city and count of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in itIanifolding-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lnanifolding books, and pertains especially to a shipping receipt book.

Shipping receipt books are made up either in dupicate or triplicate form, the leaves being foldable one or more times u )(JJl themselves, and intcrfoldable with a car mn-sheetg there being two or more of these carbonsheets disposed at intervals through the book. Usually one carbon will serve for the several sheets of a section of the book. By

that time the carbon is worn out, and the next carbon being exposed will in. turn serve for the succeeding section of sheets; each underneath carbon being protected by a stiff backing-sheet.

Where the carbonsare bound into the book, objection is often made that the car bons become worn out before the section for which this carbon is designed to serve are used up; and if a loose carbon is used considerable difficulty is experienced in keeping it in place, and furthermore, it sniudges up the leaves by frequent insertions and removals.

I have devised a book in which the carbons are made up separately from the book and are readily insertible into the book after the latter-is bound up, and, moreover, they are held firmly in place just as thou h they had been bound in the book originally. In my book, also, I provide a form of stop-card, in which a single stop-card serves for all the carbons in the book.

The'invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompany ing drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective of the book. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the carbon.

A represents a record-sheet of any suitable size, and foldable one or more times upon itself, according to whether a duplicate, triplicate, or other multiple record is to be made. As here shown, the sheet is made for triplicate pur mses and is transversely perforated along ines 2- 3, and is connected to its stub 4 along the. line of perforations 5.

Any appropriate form of printing or notation may be put upon the several sections of the record-sheet A. These record-sheets are all bound together at the stubs by suitable means, as the staples 6, and if desired, the pad is notched at one side, as shown at 7, in inc with the stub perforations 5, so as to enable the sheets to be easily tornoff. In conjunction with this pad I use a carbon 8 which is made up entirely separate from the ad and is afterwards inserted thereinto, as will shortly be explained. The length of this carbon is only a part of the total length of the record-sheet, so as to enable the record-sheet to be folded one or more times upon itself, 1 and inter-folded with the carbon, so as to produce a do lieate or triplicate record, according to w iether the record-sheet A is a duplicate or triplicate sheet. In a tri licate system, as here shown, the carbon, w ich is cubic-faced, is two-thirds the length of the record-sheet, so that the outer section of the record-sheet may be folded first over the carbon, and then this folded end of the rccordsheet will be overfolded with the carbon, in a manner well known in the art. The novelty of this part of my invention resides in the manner of inserting the carbon into and attaching it to the pad, whereby I am enabled to insert any number of carbons anywhere in the pad after the latter is made up. One end of the carbon is secured to a strip of stiff cardboard 9, or equivalent material, which is so fashioned that it can be pushed in underneath the cover 10 and between or on either side of the staples 6. I prefer to use a thin stiff cardboard bcause it is cheap and serves the purpose and can easily he slipped into lace, and holds its position in the pad. he carbon may be attached to the strip 9 in any suitable Way. As here shown, it is folded over the strip 9 and is then stitched throu h the strip about half way between the bae and front edges of the latter, so as to give a suitable fingerhold underneath the carbon to enable the stri to be pushed into the stub of the book anr between the staples. This strip is notched along its back edge to form one or more oints 11 which engage between or stradd e the staples 6, or equivalent securing means by which the stub 4 is bound to ether. The way these books are made up t ere is always room enough between the staples to allow the stri 1 9 to be pushed in, and the 1 pressure on tie points 11 of the stub strip after the lath-r has been thus inserted wili held the carbon 'n-rnntncntly in pesitinnv henrvur the carbon is worn out it is turn OH and thruwn envy, and its strip reiiim'rd and thrown away and it fresh nnv inserted.

111 nrder tn givr H Iirm bar-hing fur tlphnnd in \N'lilihg :md suppurt the pom-ii puinl,

so as to make it ell-er eurbnn en )y', nnd pm vent enpying by the underneath uni-hens, I empiuy u SiHP-HH'li 1Z2 whirxh is flexibly ennnected tu the back of the UIVPI' N]. This stop-curd is sit the end of the pad opposite to the stub 0nd 4, and is [Uhhtbhf over on to the pad towards the stub and mhilpted to he en the pad and beneath an inter olded l'taUUi'cL sheet and its carbon and form a vrriting suport when the record is be be made. it will he Observed that this stup-(- :z.rd 12 is not bound into the pendent thereof, )Bill" carried by the cover; and a. single step-cum serves for the entire pad. It isalso prectieally the sanne length as the record-sheet.

Having thus described my invention, what ail, but is entirely inde-- I ehiim and desire to secure by Letters Putent is A Hhil'xiiflitiilltf hneh eemprisin a pad 0!" News rec-h iezil' hzwing a stub Mi the stubs hnund tvgether, the leaves being detztchnbiy vnnnwtmi tn their stubs nlnng weakened lines, it carbon siwet, n rehnivelj stiii' strip to hieh said sheet is secured, which strip is insm'liide beiwevn the stubs of adjacent News, said strip having the carbon sheet seeurm! tn it between Its front and back (-dgrs with the free front edge of said strip terming it finger held to rumble the strip to be grasped without eentnet with the sheet in inserting and retrieving the strip and sheet into and truin the bunk.

in testimony whvreuf 1 have hereunto set in hand in presence of two subseri-i'iing witnesses.

J OH N K I'IUUEN, Jlt.

W i tnesses:

Uniumis A. PENIPLELD, ILumi' J. LAsn. 

